Great Neck L ibrary Volume 30, Number 4 Quarterly Newsletter: October/November/December 2012

G R E A T N E C K L I B R A R Y P R E S E N T S O U R L I T E R A R Y E V E N T S es sales/raffl ing/book A Book sign vents Auutthhoo rrss@@GGNNLL ors@GNL E at all Auth Robert Goollriick author of Headiing Out to Wonderfull Thursday, October 4 at 7::3300 pm

Robert Goolrick is the acclaimed author of two novels and a memoir, including the wildly popular book club pick, A Reliable Wife. In his new novel, Heading Out to Wonderful, an attractive and enigmatic stranger recently home from the war in Europe wanders into a small town in Virginia with two suitcases. This much anticipated follow-up to A Reliable Wife is an exciting, erotically charged, and altogether unforgettable story of love gone terribly wrong. With Heading Out to Wonderful, Robert Goolrick has established himself as one of the foremost chroniclers of love and sex and the terrible things people do in the name of both. Mr. Gooolrick has described the difference between his new novel, set in a Virginia valley in 1948, and his first novel this way: “A Reliable Wife was a novel about bad people to whom good things happen, and Heading Out to Wonderful is about good people who happen to have bad things happen to them.” A former advertising executive, Robert Goolrick lives in Virginia.

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Yona Zeldis McDonough is the author of four novels, including Breaking the Bank and In Dahlia's Wake, as well as nineteen books for children. Ms. McDonough is the editor of two essay collections and is also the Fiction Editor at Lilith magazine. Her award-winning short fiction, articles, and essays have been published in anthologies and in numerous national magazines and newspapers. She lives in , NY. Daviid A. Adller author of Don’t Taallkk ttoo MMee AAbboouutt tthhee WWaarr Sunday, November 18 at 2 pm

David A. Adler will talk about his body of work, highlighting Don’t Talk to Me About the War, an historical fiction for older readers, that takes place in the Bronx, New York in May - July 1940 and brings to life the time through the eyes of thirteen year-old Tommy Duncan. David Adler is the author of nearly 200 books for children and young adults, most notably the Cam Jansen mystery series, the Picture Book Biography series, and several acclaimed works about the Holocaust for young readers: The Number On My Grandfather's Arm; Hiding From the Nazis; A Hero and the Holocaust: The Story of Janusz Korczak and His Children; and One Yellow Daffodil (historical fiction). A former middle school math teacher, Mr. Adler holds a BA from Queens College and an MBA from NYU. He lives in Woodmere, NY. Leslliie Maiitlland auutthhoorr ooff Crossiing tthhee BBoorrddeerrss ooff TTiimmee Monday, December 3 att 22::0000 ppmm

Leslie Maitland, author of Crossing the Borders of Time: A True Story of War, Exile, and Love Reclaimed. Maitland grew up listening to her mother Janine's romantic tales of her first love and fiancée , Roland, a French Catholic from whom she was separated when the impending Nazi invasion of in 1942 forced Janine's German Jewish family to flee. The war and family secrets prevented Janine from reuniting with her fiancée . Then in 1990, Maitland went to Europe searching for her mother’s long-lost love, pouring through documents and letters to retrace her teenage mother’s perilous escape from Hitler’s Europe, and in the process finding the man her mother had never stopped loving. Leslie Maitland is a former award-winning reporter and national correspondent for The New York Times who specialized in legal affairs and investigative reporting. A graduate of the University of Chicago and the Harvard Divinity School, Leslie appears regularly on the Diane Rehm Show on NPR to discuss literature. She lives in Bethesda, MD. Uncontested Library Election -- Monday, October 29 from 10 am - 10 pm Board of Trustees Candidates For seat as member of the Board of Trustees four-year term ending For seat as member of the Board of Trustees four-year term ending January 2017 t o fill the seat currently held by JOSIE PIZER January 2017 t o fill the seat currently held by VARDA SOLOMON

Nominating Committee Endorsed Candidate: Nominating Committee Endorsed Candidate: Name: JOSIE PIZER Name: VARDA J. SOLOMON Canterbury Rd Marshall Court Great Neck, NY 11021 Great Neck, NY 11021 Years of Residency: 57 Years of Residency: 41 Current Occupation : Data Analyst Nassau BOCES Department Current Occupation : Education Consultant of Computer & Informational Technology Membership/Service/Community Organizations: Great Neck Library Membership/Service/Community Organizations: Current position, Board of Trustees; Reach Out America; Trustee Institutes President of the GN Library Board of Trustees. During my 4 year tenure Education: Post Masters; Professional Diploma; Organizational served as chairperson of the Policy Committee, Branch Committee and Development/Leadership Training; Masters in Administration and Finance Committee. Member and chairperson of the Nominating Committee Supervision of the GN Library Association. Past President of Hadassah Career & Working Candidate Statement: Four years ago, I asked for your support to give Women Group. Past Treasurer of the GN Chapter of Hadassah, national back to a Library that aided my academic and career successes. Today, fundraising organization for 15+ years. Member of the GN Auxiliary Police. I am asking for your support because the last four years have been swift, Education: Professional Diploma in School Business Administration, Long gratifying and challenging with necessary, incomplete projects. Island University, C.W. Post Campus, Brookville, NY. Master of Business I am committed to working cooperatively and energetically with my Administration, Baruch College, New York, NY. Master of Arts in Integrated neighbors and fellow trustees to present our entire, diverse community Education, New York University, New York, NY. Bachelor of Arts in with: Mathematics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. An acceptable plan and budget for our future Main Library. Candidate Statement: It is hard to believe that 4 years have gone by since I A Library restructure/reorganization plan. first ran for office. I am proud of my leadership role in establishing financial Improved branches and services. guidelines for vendors, in the expansion of the Station Branch, and in the eminent expansion of Parkville. Now we must revitalize the Main Library. If elected, I pledge to continue to work with the community to develop a meaningful and cost-effective plan for this project. Nominating Committee Candidates For seat as member of the Nominating Committee three-year term ending For seat as member of the Nominating Committee three-year term ending January 2016 to fill the seat currently held by NAOMI FELDHEIM January 2016 to fill the seat currently held by MICHAEL FULLER Nominating Committee Endorsed Candidate: Nominating Committee Endorsed Candidate: Name: STACEE BERNSTEIN Name: ANDREW R. DORF Remsen Rd Brompton Rd Great Neck, NY 11024 Great Neck, N.Y. 11021 Years of Residency : 27 Years of Residency: 5 Current Occupation : Retired Certified Public Accountant Current Occupation: I run my own eponymous law firm Education: MBA, Accounting, Fordham University-School of Graduate with my main office in Manhattan. I focus on real estate Business Administration; BS, Finance & Management, NY University, (primarily commercial) and restructuring, insolvency and bankruptcy for Leonard Stern School of Business. both individuals and businesses. Membership/Service/Community Organizations: Member, Great Neck Education: I attended St. Ann’s School in Brooklyn Heights for grade Adult Education Advisory Committee. Past elected member, Great Neck school; the Bronx High School of Science (Regents Diploma and Regents Library Nominating Committee. Member, AICPA & NY State Society of Scholarship Recipient); University of Michigan at Ann Arbor (B.A. History, CPAs cum laude ); and Tulane University Law School (J.D.). Candidate Statement: As an avid patron of the Great Neck Library over Membership/Service/Community Organizations: I recently resigned the last twenty-five years, I have witnessed its enormous strides in serving from being a referee on real estate matters in Kings County. I am also a the intellectual and recreational needs of the residents of the diverse member of the UJA’s emerging bankruptcy leaders. community that is Great Neck. As a member of the Nominating Committee, Candidate Statement: I believe I am a strong candidate for this position I would combine my past experience in the field of finance with my strong based on essentially three reasons: 1. I am the product of a strong desire to ensure the continuation of the Library’s advancement and educational background based primarily on reading books. 2. I have a endurance by participating in the selection process of the candidates for its vested interest in the success of the Library. 3. In this digital age, I believe it Board of Trustees as well as for its Nominating Committee. I would con - is a tremendous asset to have a community center for reading, gathering and tribute toward the nomination of forward thinking, fiscally responsible, participating in an array of activities and programs. innovative community-minded members with a vision to take the Great I will be seeking candidates with a community-minded and intellectual Neck Library well into the twenty-first century. bent.

L I B R A R Y E L E C T I O N I N F O R M A T I O N R E M E M B E R T O V O T E : Monday, October 29 from 10 am - 10 pm

HOW TO VOTE: In order to be eligible to vote for Library Trustees and WHERE TO VOTE: For residents living North of Northern Boulevard, Nominating Committee members, you must be a current Great Neck resident vote at the Main Library, 159 Bayview Avenue, Great Neck, NY 11023 with a valid Library card by the record date of Monday, October 1, 2012 at For residents living South of Northern Boulevard, vote at the Parkville 5:00 p.m. or a registered voter with the Nassau County Board of Elections. To Branch, 10 Campbell Street, New Hyde Park, NY 11040 obtain a valid Library card, present one form of identification showing your name and Library District address at the Circulation Desk of the Main Library Residents may also elect to vote by proxy. A Proxy Request Form can be found or any of the branches. on the back page of this newsletter and also on our website: www.greatnecklibrary.org or a copy can be obtained at all our Library locations. Meet the Candidates Night Tuesday, October 16, 2012 7:30 pm - Community Room - Main Library The public is invited to meet the candidates seeking positions on the Library’s Board of Trustees and Nominating Committee

Page 2 A Message from the Board President, EEVVEENNTTSS CCAALLEENNDDAARR Varda Solomon

OTuecsdtayo, Obcteobrer 2 Thursday, October 4 continued Traditionally, the summer is a quiet time, a lull before the beginning of the school year. Main : Art Exhibit Iranian Paintings by Main : Authors @GNL presents an evening The Library’s Board of Trustees participates Katayoon Soroush on view with Robert Goolrick. See page 1 for details. in the summer lull by not scheduling October 2 – 30, 2012 7:30 pm monthly Board of Trustees meetings in July Lower Level Lobby. Reception on Oct. 18 from Saturday, October 6 and August. 7:00 - 8:30 pm This year has been different. While the full Board has not Parkville Branch : AARP Defensive Driving Class Driver refresher course and reduction met, almost all the committees (Personnel, Finance, Policy, Main : Lit Chat & Chit Chat Reading Group Building Advisory and Branch) have been very active. My in points. Register online or call 466-8055, This new book group is designed for adults ext 273. Additional classes: Nov. 3 & Dec. 1. calendar shows 15 meetings! with developmental disabilities. We invite you 9:30 am – 3:30 pm The diversity of interests of the Building Advisory to participate, read and discuss books that Committee has given it a broad perspective and much to be will promote conversation and ideas at the Tuesday, October 9 proud of. This committee has met for more than 60 hours and Main Library. Next sessions will be held Main : Authors Ed Casey & Elizabeth has spent many more hours communicating by email. The Tuesdays, October 9, 16 and 23. Call Laura Weir Mathewson discuss their book, Tales from Branch Committee has been planning for the additional space at 466-8055, ext 228 for more details. 7:30 pm the Granite Orchard Ed Casey currently at Parkville, and reviewing quotes for a new automatic door works at the All Saints Church Cemetery in at Station. The Personnel Committee is involved in staff Station Branch : After Dark Book Group Great Neck. Elizabeth Mathewson is an negotiations and has been having a continuous dialogue with The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay historian and writer living the director about the organizational structure of the Library. by Michael Chabon (Random House, 2000) In in Great Neck. Together This month, I’d like to use this column to tell you more 1939 , a young Prague refugee they have written a about staff issues. First, I hope all our neighbors understand and his Brooklyn cousin team up whimsical but accurate that specific and particular contract demands are not to book detailing Mr. Casey’s negotiated or discussed in public or the press. Second, I agree create a comic book hero. many interesting and with all the letters commending our staff on the wonderful (2001 Pulitzer Prize winner) unusual experiences as a job they do. As technology has freed them from some repet - Register online or call 466-8055, cemetery caretaker in the 7 pm itive minutiae, such as stamping due dates on pastel-colored ext 233. New York City area. The authors will reveal cards, they have had more opportunity to get to know and what really goes on in provide direct, hands-on service to our community. I am Wednesday, October 3 cemeteries and in the “business of death,” glad their added involvement, whether it is through special- Parkville Branch : Computers with Sheila This and tell some fascinating, sometimes needs book reviews or the widely-attended author programs is a weekly one hour hands-on computer lab humorous “tales from the granite orchard. ” at the Main Library, has been noticed and appreciated. We for first-time computer users. For details, call Book sale and signing will follow the authors’ continue to encourage and recognize their contributions by 466-8055, ext 273. 9 to 10 am presentation. This program is co-sponsored by the sponsoring professional development activities, paying for Great Neck Library and the Great Neck Historical Main : Feature Film The Artist their attendance at professional conferences, and providing Society. 7:30 pm opportunities for them to implement changes that benefit our In 1927 George Valentin is a silent movie superstar. However, the advent of patrons and enable them to grow. Wednesday, October 10 These services come with a cost. There have been many the talkies will kill his career and Wednesday, October 10 Main : New York State Senator Jack Martins articles in the local and national news about the growing cost he will sink into oblivion. For young extra Peppy Miller, it seems Mobile Office All residents are invited to of state-mandated retirement and health benefits for our staff. the sky's the limit as major movie attend and bring any questions or concerns Our personnel budget, including salary and benefits, has stardom awaits. Though their you may have directly to the Senator. “I want increased dramatically. It used to be 67% and is now 75% of careers are taking different paths their to thank the Great Neck Library our total budget. Trying to control these costs is a trustee’s destinies will become entwined. 2 pm for hosting my Mobile Office fiduciary responsibility to our neighbors. It is not a devalua - hours. My office is always tion of the excellent work done daily by our staff. We should Station Branch : Sunset Book Group available as a community also note that while some part-time workers have left for The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier resource and the mobile office full-time employment in neighboring districts, no full-time and Clay by Michael Chabon (Random House, hours allow us to bring the librarian has left for a better job elsewhere in Nassau County. 2000) In 1939 New York City, a young office right into our communities.” Please feel So, while we do appreciate our staff, we hope they also Prague refugee and his Brooklyn cousin team free to reach out to Senator Martins’ district office understand that negotiations are subject to the needs and up to create a comic book hero. Register at 516-746-5924, should you have any questions. realities of more than one constituency. We are hopeful that online or call 466-8055, ext 233. 4 pm 2 - 4 pm in the near future we will reach an agreement that will be acceptable to both parties in the negotiation. Thursday, October 4 Thursday, October 11 As we move into fall, I’d like to extend a personal Main : Art Lecture/Slide Presentation: Main : Community Outreach: Office of invitation to everyone to participate in the Library’s activi - Monet, Father of Impressionism/His Life Receiver of Taxes, Town of North ties. There are wonderful, creative programs for children and & Gardens presented by artist, teacher/ Hempstead, Property Tax Exemptions teens, as well as musical programs, cultural programs, and historian Emilia Rabito Baer Learn how the Join Charles Berman, Town of North authors’ talks. great impressionist Claude Monet’s cataracts Hempstead Receiver of Taxes, as he discusses affected his sight -- changing the way he STAR, Senior Citizens, Veterans and other saw the world, created his garden and his exemptions that could help you lower your artwork. He painted during different times of property taxes. Staff members will be on hand Great Neck Library the day, capturing that moment of time, with applications for your convenience Newsletter Update concentrating on (applications will not be processed at this outdoor lighting. meeting). The program will cover a The water lilies PowerPoint presentation followed by were painted questions and answers on the property tax from his own process. Jan. 2, 2013 is the deadline for filing for tax exemptions. 2 pm Beginning in January 2013, our newsletter will no beautiful garden longer be mailed but will be available on our website on the same Station Branch : Around the World in 79 Days www.greatnecklibrary.org. A limited number of printed ground of his Film Series Green Mansions lovely home and copies can be picked up at the Main Library and all three (1959, 100 minutes) Stars Audrey Hepburn, studio. 2 pm branches: Lakeville, Parkville and Station. Copies will Anthony Perkins. Young man visiting the also be available at the two Great Neck Atrias, the Senior The New York Botanical Garden has a special rain forest meets the unusual Rima, Bird Girl Center, Great Neck House and Village Halls. exhibition, Monet’s Garden, through Oct. 21. of the Amazon. 2 pm Page 3 EEVVEENNTTSS CCAALLEENNDDAARR continued SOundcayt, oOcbtobeer 1 4 Thursday, October 18 continued Wednesday, October 24 Parkville Branch : Community Yard Sale Station Branch : After Dark Book Club Main : Feature Film Footnote Contact Jayne Alexander for details at 466-8055, Special Grey Edition Fifty Shades of Grey by Eliezer and Uriel Shkolnik are father ext 271. 9 am - 3 pm E.L. James Help us uncover the phenomenon and son as well as rival professors in behind this gazillion-selling international Talmudic Studies. When both men Music at Main : Concert for Cello and Piano with hit. Join Librarian Janet Schneider for a learn that Eliezer will be lauded for his Edward Arron, cello and Jeewon Park, piano discussion. What is the appeal? What work, their complicated relationship Edward Arron has garnered worldwide makes the characters tick? What should reaches a new peak. 2 pm recognition for his elegant you read next? Mature subject matter. Lakeville Branch : Book Discussion musicianship, impassioned Register online or call 466-8055, ext 233. 7 pm The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway is one of performances, and creative Hemingway’s masterpieces and a programming. Jeewon Park Friday, October 19 classic example of his spare but has dazzled audiences with Main : Socrates’ Salon hosted by Ron Gross powerful writing style. A poignant look her “deeply reflective” Your thoughts, ideas, at the disillusionment and angst of the playing technique and poetic experiences, and opinions post-World War I generation. Register lyricism. The program will are warmly welcome, as online or call 466-8055, ext 232. 7 pm include works by: some of Great Neck’s Felix Mendelssohn, Variations sharpest minds tackle provocative topics. Check Thursday, October 25 Concertantes, Opus 17; Manuel with the Library 2 weeks beforehand to confirm that Parkville Branch : Book Discussion Big Girl Small , de Falla, Suite Populare Espagnole ; Franz Schubert, there has been no date change for this event. 3 pm including live call-in with author Rachel DeWoskin Sonata in A Minor, D. 821 “Arpeggione;” César After trying hard to fit in at her new Franck, Sonata in A Major. 2:30 pm Sunday, October 21 school, Judy, a high school junior, has become the central figure in a national Main : Authors @GNL welcomes Yona Zeldis Monday, October 15 sex scandal. Judy is a 3’ 9” dwarf. How McDonough. See page 1 for details. 2 pm Main : Investment Lecture presented by Judy figures out all that has happened David Brown, Retired Financial Planner to her, how to deal with it, and how to move This presentation will give a brief summary of: Monday, October 22 forward with her life, constitutes the substance of • Domestic and global economies and the impact Main : Overview of the Feinstein Institute for this critically acclaimed novel. To register call on the stock market • Selective indicators that Medical Research, North Shore LIJ presented by 466-8055, ext 271. 1:30 pm help investors forecast near-term stock market Bettie M. Steinberg, PhD, Chief Scientific Officer conditions • Using the computer to find the Join a discussion about how scientists from the Main : Teaching the Lessons of the Holocaust to selective indicators • How six gates on the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research Fight Intolerance presented by Beth Lilach, Senior computer help us to better understand stock (www.feinsteininstitute.org) advance science Director of Education and Community Affairs, 2 pm market conditions and individual stocks. to discover cures and improve lives. These Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center The scientists work in their labs and on clinical research Holocaust did not begin with Auschwitz and the Tuesday, October 16 programs to study a wide range of conditions and gas chambers. Rather, the Nazis escalated their Main : Meet the Candidates Night for the Library diseases including: Alzheimer’s Disease; Autism; bigotry for eight years before establishing the first Board of Trustees and Nominating Committee. Cancer & Leukemia; Heart & Lung Diseases; death camp. The Nazis and their collaborators See page 2 for candidates info. 7:30 pm Immune Deficiencies; Lupus & Rheumatoid succeeded with their genocidal campaign because Arthritis; Parkinson’s Disease; Schizophrenia; people kept silent and allowed intolerance to Sepsis; Substance Abuse. Learn more about these flourish. This interactive program utilizes relevant Wednesday, October 17 topics and how researchers work towards and meaningful lessons of the Holocaust to fight Main : Feature Film Salmon Fishing developing new treatments and diagnostics to prejudice in today’s challenging world. 2 pm in the Yemen A fisheries expert is improve the lives of those suffering from disease. approached by a consultant to help 2 pm Station Branch : Around the World in 79 Days realize a sheik’s vision of bringing the Film Series Out of Africa (1985, 161 minutes) Stars Station Branch : Computer 1 st Grade for Grownups sport of fly-fishing to the desert and Meryl Streep, Robert Redford. Danish writer goes In this class, you will learn how to work with embarks on an upstream journey of faith and fish to live on a plantation in Kenya. Based on the text including inputting, inserting, moving, and to prove the impossible possible. 2 pm memoirs of Isak Dinesen. 2 pm erasing, learn basic word processing skills, and understand files and commands. Prerequisites: Sunday, October 28 Thursday, October 18 Computer Kindergarten. Register online or call Main Video Screening Celebrating Soprano Main : Music Performance by Tommy Sullivan of the 466-8055, ext 233. 6:30 pm Elaine Malbin in Puccini’s MADAME BUTTERFLY original Brooklyn Bridge Long Island Music Hall of with introduction and commentary by Gabe Chieco Famer, a f ounding member and the bandleader / Tuesday, October 23 Soprano Elaine Malbin sings the title role in arranger of the original Johnny Maestro & the Puccini’s Madame Butterfly in a Lakeville Branch : Computer Cleanup and Security Brooklyn Bridge, Tommy Sullivan has screening of the 1955 NBC In this lecture and demo class, you will learn been thrilling Opera presentation aired on how to clean up and speed up your computer, audiences with his National Television. Sung in protect it from viruses and spyware, minimize soulful, original and English with an excellent junk email, and more. Prerequisites: For intermediate energetic solo supporting cast conducted by and advanced computer users. Register online or call versions of everyone’s Herbert Grossman, it featured 466-8055, ext 232. 10:30 am favorite music classics. beautiful and realistic sets and Tommy is truly a one-man band … Main : October is Fire Prevention Month scenery. Malbin made her recital playing live keyboard, guitar and a mean sax. He Shocking Electrical Fire Facts: How to Protect Your debut at the age of 14 at Town Hall. Her opera will bring you back to the 50s, 60s, and 70s, along Family and Home Investment Did you know that debut was in 1949, singing “Musetta” in Puccini’s with some light jazz, classic rock and contempo - there is a residential electrical fire every 8 minutes La Boheme. Her prolific career saw her appearance rary numbers – as well as stories of his years on the in the U.S.? Learn tips on how to safeguard your in a number of Broadway productions in the 1950’s road with famous musical acts such as the Beach family and home against electrical hazards. Our and 60’s. She was “Marsinah” in the orginal 1953 Boys, Stevie Wonder and the Eagles. 2 pm guest speaker comes from CurrentSAFE, a division West End production of . She sang with the of Bana Electric Corp., which has proudly served in the 1950’s and 60’s and Station Branch : Around the World in 79 Days the Long Island community since 1955. Tens of appeared in leading roles with the NBC Opera Film Series Down Argentine Way (1940, 89 minutes) thousands of home electrical fires a year account Theatre and many American opera companies. Stars Don Ameche, Betty Grable, Miranda. for hundreds of deaths, thousands of injuries England, and France heard Malbin at major Musical story of an American girl who falls for a and millions of dollars in property damage. opera houses, recitals and festivals. Elaine Malbin wealthy racehorse owner. 2 pm Don’t become a statistic! Be sure to take part in retired in 1968 at the height of her career to raise this important program. 2 pm her family here in Great Neck. 2 pm Page 4 EEVVEENNTTSS CCAALLEENNDDAARR S ee Teen program continued November 5th OMoncdaty,o Obctoeberr 29 NSundoayv, Neovmembbere 4 r Thursday, November 8 continued Station Branch : Monday Book Club Outliers: Music at Main : The Gilbert & Sullivan Yiddish Light Main : Ri chard Tucker: America’s Finest Tenor The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell Opera Co. of Long Island will present its Yiddish presented by Cantor Don Goldberg In this book, best-selling writer Malcolm Gladwell version of the classic G&S Richard Tucker, who was a Great Neck resident, examines the secrets of modern- This is a delightful began his singing career as a synagogue cantor, day success, questioning typical story of Frederick, and as early as the 1930’s, he became interested in assumptions about business moguls, an apprentice to a becoming an operatic tenor. athletic stars and others who achieve soft-hearted band of From his Metropolitan Opera peak performance. What do they pirates. Der Yiddisher debut in 1945, and for the have that the rest of us don’t? Register Pirates of Penzance next 30 years, Tucker took on online or call 466-8055, ext 233. 4 pm melds the Victorian a wide range of roles by wit and satire of composers such as Mozart, Tuesday, October 30 G&S into a unique Verdi, and Halévy. Cantor Main : Hands-on Computer Class -- Word: 10 Tips Yiddish- English production. Hearing Britishisms Don Goldberg of Merrick, LI & Tricks Learn how to set margins, use tabs and coming out as Yiddishisms has people roaring with discusses Tucker’s rise to the indents, columns, autocorrect, keyboard shortcuts, laughter. 2:30 pm top, and shares his personal add to the dictionary, and more. Prerequisite: general experience of singing with Tucker at the Met. knowledge of the program. Register online or call Monday, November 5 He will play some rare, live performances 466-8055, ext 246. 2 pm Main : Jim Ryan, author and motivational speaker of Tucker. 2 pm presents: Simple Happiness/8 Characteristics Wednesday, October 31 of Happy People Become empowered by the Station Branch : Around the World in 79 Days Film Series Morocco (1930, 92 minutes) Stars Gary Main : Feature Film Harvey James Stewart stars as possibilities that exist for a happier, more fulfilling Cooper, Marlene Dietrich. Foreign legion soldier Elwood, a good-natured man with a life. Jim Ryan’s unique ability to turn meets a cabaret singer who also contemplates a six-foot tall rabbit that only he can profound, life changing concepts relationship with a wealthy older man. 2 pm see. When his sister tries to have him into easily understood solutions are committed, a mix-up occurs and she what reach the heart of his audi - is committed instead, leaving it up to ences. Simple Happiness discusses Monday, November 12 Elwood and “Harvey” to straighten out eigh t characteristics of happy people. Main : Your Loving Son, Philip: Letters from an the mess. 2 pm It starts with Intention and ends with American Soldier in World War II by Philip Herzig, Compassion. The program, which as told by Helene Herzig “My late husband, Philip includes anecdotes, quotes, humor and song, Herzig, grew up in Great Neck from gives everyone in the audience the opportunity the age of four, and in his book, Your to stretch their comfort zone and consider Loving Son, Philip: Letters from an 2 pm living a life that is truly extraordinary. American Soldier in World War II , he reminisces about life at home while Main : Make It Happen - Jobs 101 November he is serving in the ETO on the Thursday, November 1 In this class, teens will learn about Siegfried Line. He writes to his Main : Author Talk with Andrew L. Kane, PhD, balancing school parents, as he is a sophomore at Joshua: A Brooklyn Tale Great Neck resident for teens in and work, how to find job Princeton when he is recruited. Hear his thoughts Andrew Kane, critically acclaimed novelist and grades 7 - 12 opportunities in the community while facing combat and his descriptions of the psychologist, will be discussing and much more. Registration starts online, Monday, areas around Germany after the war was won and his new novel Joshua, a October 1 at 9:00 am. 7 pm he is in the army of occupation.” Helene Herzig’s coming-of-age story about presentation includes slides of the old photos that racism and anti-Semitism. Tuesday, November 6 Philip Herzig took while in Belgium, Holland and Kane has been hailed by noted Station Branch : After Dark Book Group Germany. “Philip was in the infantry, and proud of author Faye Kellerman as “a Breathing Lessons by Anne Tyler it, so you get a glimpse of what this division meant worthy successor to Chaim Driving to a friend’s funeral, Maggie to the army.” Ms. Herzig has a BA from Mt. Potok,” adding that he “writes and Ira look back over their 28-year Holyoke College. She freelanced as a reporter for with keen wit and well crafted marriage. Register online or call the Christian Science Monitor, the Great Neck Record insight.” Kirkus Reviews called 466-8055, ext 233. 7 pm and other LI publications. 2 pm Joshua “an engaging and heartfelt tale,” while ForeWord Reviews called it “Gripping.” Kane’s story explores the history of racial tensions and Wednesday, November 7 Tuesday, November 13 anti-Semitism in the Crown Heights community, Main : Feature Film A Separation A married couple Lakeville Branch : All About Email Learn how to told over four decades through the intertwining is faced with a difficult decision — to improve the create an e-mail address using some of the more lives of three people, all wrestling with existential life of their child by moving to another country or popular e-mail providers. In this hands-on lecture and family conflicts, troubled pasts, forbidden to stay in Iran and look after a deteriorating parent and demo class you will learn how to send, receive, love, and unrealized dreams. Andrew Kane is a who has Alzheimer’s disease. forward and reply to e-mail. After you have clinical psychologist in private practice, and lives Persian with English subtitles. 2012 Academy mastered the basics, you will learn how to attach in Great Neck. 2 pm Award Winner - Best Foreign Language Film. files and download. This class can be presented Notes: Priority seating given to Great Neck hands-on with or without access to your wifi Station Branch : Around the World in 79 Days Residents. Please bring your Library Card or network. Prerequisites: C omputer Kindergarten and Film Series Passage to India (1984, 164 minutes) Driver’s License. 2pm Computer 1st Grade . 10:30 am Stars Judy Davis, Victor Banerjee. Englishwoman visiting colonial India has a frightening experience Main : Dr. Herbert Ausubel, author of Flower of God while touring a cavern. Based on E.M. Forster’s Station Branch : Sunset Book Group Dr. Herbert Ausubel, a Long Island physician, will 2 pm novel. Breathing Lessons by Anne Tyler Driving to a discuss his book, Flower of God: A Jewish Family’s friend’s funeral, Maggie and Ira look back over 3,000-Year Journey from Spice to Medicine. The Friday, November 2 their 28-year marriage. Register online or call story of the author’s family over a period of Main : Socrates’ Salon 466-8055, ext 233. 4 pm 3 millennia serves as a microcosm of the history of the Jewish people family, hosted by Ron Gross Thursday, November 8 Your thoughts, ideas, dating back to days of King Solomon. Main : Art Opening Rece ption for the GNAC (Great It traces the family’s migration from experiences, and opinions Neck Arts Center Artists Network) 21st Annual ancient Israel, to Babylon, Persia, are warmly welcome, as some of Great Neck’s Judged Membership Exhibition on sharpest minds tackle provocative topics. Check view through January 2, 2013. Anatolia, Europe and finally the with the Library 2 weeks beforehand to confirm that Reception: Thursday, November 8 . 2 pm there has been no date change for this event. 3 pm at 7:00 - 8:30 pm Page 5 EEVVEENNTTSS CCAALLEENNDDAARR continued December NWednoesvdaeym, Nobveemr ber 14 Tuesday, November 27 Sunday, December 2 Main : Feature Film Moonrise Kingdom Main : Will the Real Cleopatra Please Stand Up? Music at Main : Micki Grant & The Waterfront Six Set on an island off the coast of New Presented by Dr. Regina T. Gilbert, Ed.D Dixieland-Swing Band This unique six piece England in the summer of 1965, two When we think of Cleopatra, many of us Dixieland-Swing Band, features vocalist Micki 12 year-olds fall in love, make a secret visualize Elizabeth Taylor, the sexy Grant ; Artie Miller, a versatile clarinetist will per - pact, and run away together into the seductress of Julius Caesar and Mark form his rendition of Begin the Beguine, Pete wilderness. As various authorities try Antony. Is the real Cleopatra anything Sokolow , piano ; Jerry Cohen , trombone; to hunt them down, the peaceful island like her? The history of Cleopatra was Ken Butterfield , trumpet; Harry Stump , drums community is turned upside down in written by men, the Roman victors, and Frank Hansen , bass. The band specializes in more ways than anyone can handle. 2 pm who painted her as an “Egyptian tunes primarily from whore.” What would history say if the 1920 ′s, 30 ′s and 40 ′s Cleopatra had won? Come and listen reminiscent of the Thursday, November 15 to this PowerPoint presentation as Benny Goodman era, Cleopatra would have told it. 2 pm including such Main : Broadway Producer Catherine Schreiber favorites as Tony Winning Producer and Great Neck Native It Had to Be You, After You’re The In her three years on Broadway, Catherine Schreiber Wednesday, November 28 Waterfront Six has been nominated for four Main : Feature Film Darling Companion Gone, Alexander’s Tonys and won her first this year The story of a woman who loves her Ragtime Band, St. Louis as a producer for Clybourne Park. dog more than her husband. And then Blues, Avalon, and some Bessie Smith tunes among Entertainment for all ages. She will talk about her Broadway her husband loses the dog. 2 pm other memorial selections. 2:30 pm career, her “second life,” getting involved in theatre, what it takes Lakeville Branch : Book Discussion Monday, December 3 to be a producer, her current The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris Main : Authors @GNL welcomes Leslie Maitland projects and more. Catherine will 1830-1900 by David McCullough explores the See page one for details. 2 pm present a video she made about the Scottsboro Boys impact of Paris on American thought musical, which was nominated for 12 Tonys in and creativity during the 19th 2011 and which includes some very special behind Tuesday, December 4 century. Tracing the city’s influence the scenes footage. 2 pm Main : Gatsby’s Long Island presented by on dozens of characters, McCullough Monica Randall Perhaps the most lavish parties Station Branch : Around the World in 79 Days offers readers his special blend of ever held in the pages of American literature Film Series Roman Holiday (1953, 118 minutes) accessible, story-based social history. were the galas Jay Gatsby threw at his estate on Stars Gregory Peck, Audrey Hepburn. The list of subjects in this book reads Long Island’s North Shore. The original Gatsby Princess Anne escapes her duties to tour like the top class of a 19th-century mansion that inspired F. Scott Fitzgerald has long the Eternal City with a tough American who’s who: Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Mary since been bulldozed and replaced by split levels. newspaperman. Best Actress Oscar for Hepburn. Cassatt, Oliver Wendell Holmes, James Fenimore Many others remain hidden behind rusting gates, 2 pm Cooper, Samuel F.B. Morse, Charles Sumner, and forgotten relics of an era that will never come Harriet Beecher Stowe. 7 pm again. Join historian and best-selling author Sunday, November 18 Monica Randall for this colorful slide presentation Main : Authors @GNL welcomes David A. Adler Thursday, November 29 based on her popular book, Mansions of the Gold Coast. See rare photos of the See page 1 for details. 2 pm Parkville Branch: Book Discussion sprawling castle that inspired We Need to Talk About Kevin Fitzgerald to write The Great Gatsby. by Lionel Shriver A deeply moving Monday, November 19 Special Note: A remake of The Great account of a mother writing to her Main : The ABCs of Medicare & Gatsby film with Leonardo DiCaprio is estranged husband trying to under - Part D Prescription Drug Plan due to be released in 2013. Our guest stand what went wrong in raising presented by Carol Kaplowitz Monica Randall worked on and was in their son Kevin after he kills seven Carol Kaplowitz of Health & Life the original 1974 film with Robert Redford. 2 pm classmates and a teacher in his high Planning Agency, I nc. will help school in upstate New York. 1:30 pm educate the consumer so that one Station Branch : After Dark Book Group can make informed and comfortable The Fixer by Bernard Malamud (FS&G, decisions regarding Medicare and Main : Lecture/Discussion WWII Art Restitution of 1966) Jewish handyman in Ukraine is Prescription Drug Plans. What is “Lady in Gold” Mira Rosenfeld Sennett, noted accused of a murder he did not Medicare A&B? How does it differ from my lecturer and educator, will lead a discussion of the commit. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize present health coverage? Who is eligible? What details and drama of Jewish families destroyed and in 1966. Register online or call 466-8055, supplement options are available in NY? What is art collections ransacked during Hitler’s reign with ext 233 . 7 pm a Medicare advantage plan? How does the Part D a focus on the 60-year prescription plan work? Questions and answers fight to reclaim Gustav Wednesday, December 5 2 pm follow and Medicare books will be available. Klimt’s brilliant Main : Feature Film Marty A shy Bronx painting, “Portrait of butcher finds love against all odds. Adele Bloch-Bauer l.” 2 pm Monday, November 26 Join Mira to learn Station Branch : Monday Book Club more about “The Lady Station Branch : Sunset Book Group Blink: the Power of Thinking Without Thinking in Gold,” the The Fixer by Bernard Malamud (FS&G, 1966) by Malcolm Gladwell How do we think without spellbinding story of A Jewish handyman in Ukraine is accused of a thinking, seem to make choices in an instant — in Vienna’s prewar murder he did not commit. Winner of the Pulitzer the blink of an eye? Drawing on cutting-edge Jewish intelligentsia, Prize in 1966. Register online or call 466-8055, neuroscience and psychology, the the artistic career of Klimt and the complexities of ext 233 . 4 pm author reveals that great decision art restitution. 2 pm makers aren’t those who process the Main : Village Historian, Leila Mattson & the Great most information or spend the most Neck Historical Society time deliberating, but those who have Station Branch : Around the World in 79 Days present an illustrated perfected the art of filtering the very Film Series Three Coins in the Fountain history of the Village of few factors that matter from an (1954, 102 minutes) Stars Clifton Webb, Dorothy Thomaston from early overwhelming number of variables. McGuire. Secretary working for a writer in Rome 1900s to the present. Register online or call 466-8055, ext 233 . 4 pm meets an Italian prince. 2 pm 7:30 pm

Page 6 EEVVEENNTTSS CCAALLEENNDDAARR continued December continued Thursday, December 6 Thursday, December 13 continued Wednesday, December 19 Main : Bayview Book The Absolutist by John Boyne Main : Feature Film The Apartment Matisse, Rockwell, An insurance clerk attempts to get It is September 1919. Twenty-one year- Grandma Moses, and ahead in the business world by letting old Tristan Sadler takes a train from Jacob Lawrence. executives borrow his apartment for London to Norwich to deliver a Reflected will be conducting affairs. 2 pm package of letters to the sister of children having fun Will Bancroft, the man he fought in a society that alongside during the Great War. changed from rural Lakeville Branch : Book Discussion This suspenseful novel by the author to urban (1880-2011.) of The Boy in the Striped Pajamas Founding Brothers: the Revolutionary Generation examines the morality of war and the friendships by Joseph Ellis The crucial political decisions in the made in the trenches. 1 pm young American republic of the late 18th century were made by relatively few leaders. They knew Station Branch : Around the World in 79 Days This program one another personally, and their face-to-face will leave you interaction in social settings had a significant Film Series Midnight in Paris (2011, 94 minutes) entertained and impact on the choices they eventually made. Stars Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams. Hollywood smiling. 2 pm In the words of historian writer visiting with his fiancée discovers that his Joseph Ellis, these decisions with obsession with 1920s expatriate Paris is coming long-ranging consequences came closer to reality. 2 pm Station Branch : Around the World in 79 Days about “in a sudden spasm of Monday, December 10 Film Series Notting Hill (1999, 124 minutes) Stars enforced inspiration and makeshift Monday, December 10 Julia Roberts, Hugh Grant. American movie star is construction.” How this worked is Main : Lithuanian Holocaust Memories with Author drawn to a quiet bookstore owner . 2 pm the subject of Ellis’ magnificent and Great Neck Native Ellen Cassedy , who will new study. 7 pm speak about her book We Are Here: Memories of the Friday, December 14 Lithuanian Holocaust, a story which began as a Main : Socrates’ Salon hosted by Ron Gross personal quest and expanded into a Your thoughts, ideas, groundbreaking exploration of how Thursday, December 20 experiences, and people in Lithuania – Jews and Station Branch : Around the World in 79 Days opinions are warmly non-Jews – are confronting their Film Series Casablanca (1942, 102 minutes) Stars welcome, as some of Nazi and Soviet past in order to Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman. Among the Great Neck’s sharpest minds tackle provocative move forward into the future, war-torn passing through Rick’s Café in Casablanca topics. Check with the Library 2 weeks beforehand to while pondering what it means to are his former flame Ilsa and her hero husband. confirm that there has been no date change for this event. Doors open at 1:45 pm, and seating is limited. 2 pm remember the Holocaust in the 3 pm present. A frequent speaker about Jewish and Lithuanian issues, a regular contributor to VilNews , the international web magazine based in Sunday, December 16 Saturday, December 23 Vilnius, Lithuania, Ellen Cassedy is also the author Main : Ira Gershwin: The Other Gershwin --- Main : A Persian Musical of the award-winning play , Beautiful Hills of A Multimedia Lecture/Performance Performance Celebrating YALDA, Brooklyn , which was adapted into a short film that by Charlotte Sanders the Persian New Yea. Held at the qualified for an Academy Award nomination. Davidson & Herb Davidson, Main Library. 3 pm She is also a noted Yiddish translator. 7:30 pm vocalist and pianist This program combines live performance with slides, Thursday, December 27 Tuesday, December 11 Station Branch : Around the World in 79 Days Main : Sammy: The Life & Career of Sammy Davis Jr. film and video clips, and audience participation. Film Series Around the World in 80 Days Presented by Jack Schnur Sammy Davis Jr. has A look at Ira Gershwin, the (1956, 167 minutes) Stars David Niven, Cantinflas, been called, “the World’s Greatest Entertainer.” consummate lyricist of the and a cast of thousands. Victorian Englishman He was a great dancer, fine singer, Great American Songbook, and Gershwin’s Phileas Fogg and his sidekick Passepartout seek to actor, comic and impressionist. relationship with his brother George, as they fulfill the title bet, in Michael Todd’s cameo-stuffed Watch poignant interviews with worked together to create the “Gershwin Style,” Best Picture extravaganza. Based on Jules Verne’s Sammy and people who worked as well as the work Ira did with other composers : novel. 2 pm with him, clips from his films and Jerome Kern, Harold Arlen, Vernon Duke among TV appearances including the others. Charlotte’s career has encompassed writing, famous kiss with Archie Bunker in Monday, December 31 acting, singing and producing recordings. All in the Family . Rare clips from his Station Branch : Monday Book Club Herb has performed, written and arranged for revival of Stop the World I Want to Get Off and his Freakonomics: a Rogue Economist Explores the network television shows, radio and T.V. big hit What Kind of Fool Am I ? 2 pm Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt and commercials. They have produced over 100 albums Stephen J. Dubner Which is more dangerous, a gun and videos. 2 pm Wednesday, December 12 or a swimming pool? How much do parents really Main : Feature Film When Harry Met matter? These may not sound like Sally This romantic comedy follows the Monday, December 17 typical questions for an economist to long relationship between two adults Main : Meet Charles Dickens written by ask. But Steven D. Levitt is not a who try throughout the changes in their Philip J. Kroopf and performed by typical economist. He studies the riddles of everyday life—from lives to remain platonic friends — and Robert Spiotto It’s a 200th birthday party for cheati ng and crime to parenting and what happens when they don’t. 2 pm the author and you’re invited! Come join in sports—and reaches conclusions that the literary fun for the best of times, and meet turn conventional wisdom on its Thursday, December 13 not only many of his memorable characters, head. The authors set out to explore Main : Art Lecture/Slide Presentation: but meet Charles Dickens himself! the inner workings of a crack gang, Children Having Fun as Seen by Major Artists So don’t be a Scrooge! the truth about real estate agents, the presented by Evelyn Silver, Docent, Nassau County This is one performance that secrets of the Museum of Art Childhood is a time of excitement, will leave you saying, “please, Ku Klux Klan, exploration, play and fun. See how significant art sir, I want some more!” Enjoy and much more. multi-talented actor, director, movements including Impressionism, Social 4 pm Realism, Cubism, and Folk Art have represented producer Bob Spiotto bring us children having fun. Artists include Renoir, Picasso, the spirit of Charles Dickens. 2 pm Art Lecture continues on column two Page 7 K I D S WORLD FUN AT MAIN’ OCTOBER - NOVEMBER All program registration begins at 9:30 am ONLINE www.greatnecklibrary.org, 10:01 am in-person or phone 466-8055. Check registration date for each program. Halloween Preschool Craft Rockin’ Readers - Iris and Walter, October Thursday, October 25 by Elissa Haden Guest For children ages 2 - 5 with parent/caregiver 4:00 - 4:30 pm Tuesday, November 13 Family LEGO Day For children in grades 1 - 2 Wednesday, October 10 Gather around our craft 4:30 - 5:00 pm For children ages 6 - 12 tables and make some with parent/caregiver Halloween preschool craft Iris’ family has moved from 4:30 - 5:30 pm memories with pumpkins the city to the country, and and fall bear magnets to Iris is angry. The country is Come join us for add some Halloween as lonely as Mars, and there’s an afternoon at the spirit to your home. not much to do. Or is there? Library where you Limited registration begins Read Iris and Walter, by can build, create Wednesday, October 17. Elissa Haden Guest, and play with have some cookies, let’s talk about the book and LEGOs as family see if Iris develops a different opinion of the fun time. A great country by the book’s end. Limited registration way to relax and Halloween Parade begins Thursday, November 1. Snacks will be served. spend time together. Copies of the book can be picked up at the Circulation Thursday, October 25 Limited registration begins Wednesday, October 3. desk beginning November 1. For children ages 2 - 5 with parent/caregiver 4:45 - 5:00 pm Join the Children’s Librarians in a parade around Awesome Stories - The Return of the Design Your Own Video Game the Library to show off your spectacular costumes. by Dan Gutman Mondays, October 15 & 22 Prizes available at designated stops along the Homework Machine For children in grades 4 - 6 parade route while supplies last. Monday, November 19 6:30 - 8:30 pm No registration required. For children in grades 3 - 4 In this hands-on 6:30 - 7:00 pm class participants Third and fourth-graders are will learn the invited to attend another basics of wonderful Awesome Stories constructing their program. We will discuss very own video Dan Gutman’s Return of the game and continue Homework Machine and learn creating it at home once downloaded. how four friends find Sign up with a friend! Participants will be paired themselves giving testimony with a partner on a laptop that is provided and about an incident involving a powerful computer must attend both sessions. chip, a Grand Canyon treasure, and a dead body. Limited registration begins Monday, October 8. Limited registration begins Thursday, November 1. Snacks will be served. Copies of the book can be picked November up at the Circulation desk beginning November 1. Toddler-Rock Tuesdays, October 16, 23, 30 Share-A-Book Online -One Crazy Summer Graphic Chat - Squish: Super Amoeba For children 10 - 30 months with parent/caregiver by Rita Williams-Garcia by Jennifer Holm 5:15 - 5:45 pm November 7 through November 28 Join our three week fun-filled music and movement For children in grades 4 - 6 Tuesday, November 27 program. Get ready to twist and shout and rock For children in grades 4 - 6 around the room with your toddlers aged 10 - 30 Read and contribute reviews 5:30 - 6:00 pm and comments on our book months. Limited registration begins Tuesday, October 9. Squish, a shy amoeba who for fourth, fifth and six loves the comic book of his graders. Pick up your copy favorite hero, “Super of One Crazy Summer by Amoeba,” tries to emulate Rita Williams-Garcia , him when his best friend is beginning November 1. threatened by a bully. The discussion will be held Join a librarian for a fun- online on the Children’s filled book chat about Squish: Super Amoeba webpage from November 7 by Jennifer Holm. Limited registration begins to November 28. www.greatnecklibrary.org. Thursday, November 1. Snacks will be served. Copies of the book can be picked up at the Circulation Copies of the book can be picked up at the Circulation desk beginning November 1. Limited registration begins Computer Playtime & Mom Social desk beginning November 1. Thursday, October 18 Thursday, November 1. For children ages 4 - 6 with parent/caregiver 4 - 6 pm Four to six year-olds will enjoy Loopy Leg Turkey Craft learning while playing Thursday, November 8 computer games as For children ages 2 - 10 parents socialize with other with parent/caregiver parents in the same room. 4:00 - 4:30 pm Book Chats Children will paint, draw, Little ones will be gobbling for joy color and read on the when they make these turkeys that November 7 - 28 computer during this can be hung on walls or doors. session. Limited registration Limited registration begins Thursday, begins Monday, October 8. November 1. December Page 8 K I D S WOR LD ’ Summer Reading Club Wrap Up Thank you , parents, grandparents and caregivers for encouraging our Great Neck children to participate in our 2012 Summer Reading Club, themed “Dream Big - READ.” Congratulations to all our 90 Smart Start Baby Club members. Almost 600 participants in grades Pre-K - 6 completed the Reading Club. A total of 13,165 chapters were read! It was a wonderful summer.

Storytimes continue through the end of October Noovveemmbbee rr at the Main Library and the Lakeville, Parkville and Station branches. too November through December Storytimes listed below: DDeecceemmbbeerr M a i n L i b r a r y L a k e v i l l e B r a n c h St o r y t i m e s Baby Time Infant - 9 months of age with Storytime 2 - 5 years of age with St o r y t i m e s parent/caregiver parent/caregiver Mondays, November 12 - D ecember 17, 11 - 11:30 am Tuesdays, November 6 - December 18, 4 - 4:30 pm Tuesdays, November 13 - D ecember 18, 11 - 11:30 am (no registration required)

Toy Time 10 - 17 months of age with parent/caregiver Tuesdays, November 13 - December 18, 10:30 - 11:15 am P a r k v i l l e B r a n c h Thursdays, November 15 - D ecember 20, 10:30 - 1 1:15 am Storytimes Registration Toy Time 9 - 24 months of age with Stories for Tots 18 - 23 months of age with parent/caregiver begins parent/caregiver Thursdays, November 1 -15, 29 - December 6 - 20, Wednesdays, November 14 - D ecember 19, 10:30 - 11:00 am 10:30 - 11:15 am Wednesday, November 7 Thursdays, November 15 - D ecember 20, 10:30 - 11:00 am Little Listeners Storytime 2 - 4 years of age from 9:30-10:00 am online only. 2’’s Storytime 2 years of age with parent/caregiver with a prent/caregiver Mondays, November 12 - December 17, 10:00 - 10:30 am Tuesdays, November 6 - December 18, 10:30 - 11:00 am Registration continues in person or by phone Tuesdays, November 13 - December 18, 10:00 - 10:30 am at 10:01 am by calling 466-8055. To register online, please have your children’s 3 - 5 ’’s Storytime 3 - 5 years of age with Great Neck Library card available. parent/caregiver Mondays, November 12 - December 17, 4 - 4:30 pm S t a t i o n B r a n c h Baby TimGeo Itnof atnhte - 9L mibornatrhys’ so wf aegbes witiet:h Baby Time Wednesdays, November 14 - December 19, 4 - 4:30 pm parent/caregiwvewr w .greatnecklibrary.org. Wednesday Storytime 2 - 5 years of age Mondays, November 5 - December 17, 11:00 - 1 1:30 am with parent/caregiver K-2 Storycrafts Kindergarten - 2nd grade Tu(Ceshdaeycsk, Nreogveismtrbaetri 6o n- D deacteem fboer 1e8a, c1h1: 0p0r -o 1g1r:3a0m a)m Wednesdays, November 14 - D ecember 19, Tuesdays, November 13 - December 18, 4:00 - 4:40 pm 4:00 - 4 :30 pm (no registration required)

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All program registration begins at 9:30 am ONLINE www.greatnecklibrary.org, 10:01 am in-person or phone 466-8055. Check registration date for each program.

Weather Wheel Craft B’Twixt & B’Tween Crochet Corner Thursday, December 6 Tuesday, December 18 For children ages 2 - 10 with parent/caregiver For children in grades 3 - 4 4:00 - 4:30 pm 4:30 - 5:00 pm Kids will have fun and learn about Learn the basic chain stitch, turning and weather. Color and spin your very continuing in our corner of the Library own weather wheel. with your friends. Yarn and hook are Limited registration begins provided to encourage hours of Thursday, November 29. creative projects. Limited registration begins Wednesday, December 12.

Family LEGO Day Wednesday, December 12 For children ages 6 - 12 with parent/caregiver 4:30 - 5:30 pm Come join us for an afternoon at the Library with your family where you can build, create and play with LEGOs. It’s a great way to relax and spend time together. Limited registration begins Wednesday, December 5.

Page 9 K I D S WOR LD DECEMBER SCHO’OL VACATION FUN AT MAIN Tickets for school vacation programs are available Thursday, December 13 at 8:00 pm at the Main Library and the Parkville and Station Branches and on Friday, December 14 at 9:00 am at the Lakeville Branch. Babar The Elephant Prestino’s Magic Show Listen with Your Eyes Wednesday, December 26 Thursday, December 27 Friday, December 28 For children in grades Pre-K - 4th A family program A family program with parent/caregiver Main Library, 11 - 11:45 am Main Library, 11 - 11:45 am Main Library, 11 - 11:45 am at the Parkville Branch, 2:00 - 2:45 pm Vaudevillian in the oldest tradition, Chip Bryant's comedic show, Listen with Your Jean de Brunhoff’s stories featuring Join Prestino the Magician and Beans Eyes, makes the usual unusual. Chip's Babar, Cornelius, Celeste and Arthur come to life. the magical rabbit for a classic magic show performance through problem solving displays The circus sets this story about Babar growing filled with exciting tricks, humor and lots a comical sense of creativ - up to be king of the realm. Students are of audience participation. Prestino ity, conflict, wonder and introduced to the performs with an surprise. Chip's show, instruments with music enthusiasm and love in the likes of by Stravinsky, Milhaud, for the art of magic Charlie Chaplin and Saint-Saëns, Ponchielli that shows through Buster Keaton, creates and others performed every minute of his an audience-interactive by the LI Philharmonic performance. Woodwind Quintet. experience that engages Tickets required! Babar’s story, as told audiences of all ages. by a professional This performance will actor/mime, is include an artful blend intertwined with the of mime, clowning, music of Poulenc. juggling, magic, puppetry and music. Tickets required! Tickets required!

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LAKEVILLE BRANCH PARKVILLE BRANCH Halloween Preschool Craft Thursday, October 25 Halloween Preschool Craft Thursday, October 25 For children ages 2 – 5 with parent/caregiver, 4:30 - 5:00 pm For children ages 2 – 5 with parent/caregiver, 4:00 - 4:30 pm Gather around our craft tables and make some Halloween preschool craft Gather around our craft tables and make some Halloween preschool craft memories with pumpkins and fall bear magnets to add some Halloween spirit memories with pumpkins and fall bear magnets to add some Halloween spirit to your home. Limited registration begins Wednesday, October 17. to your home. Limited registration begins Wednesday, October 17.

Loopy Leg Turkey Craft Thursday, November 8 Loopy Leg Turkey Craft Thursday, November 8 For children ages 2 – 10 with parent/caregiver, 4:30 - 5:00 pm For children ages 2 – 10 with parent/caregiver, 4:00 - 4:30 pm Little ones will be gobbling for joy when they make these turkeys that can be Little ones will be gobbling for joy when they make these turkeys that can be hung on walls or doors. Limited registration begins Thursday, November 1. hung on walls or doors. Limited registration begins Thursday, November 1.

Rockin’ Readers Wednesday, November 14 Weather Wheel Craft Thursday, December 6 For children in grades 1 - 2 with parent/caregiver, 4:30 - 5:00 pm For children ages 2 – 10 with parent/caregiver, 4:00 - 4:30 pm Iris’ family has moved from the city to the country, and Iris is angry. Kids will love to learn about weather with this fun wheel that they decorate. The country is as lonely as Mars, and there’s not much to do. Or is there? Limited registration begins Thursday, November 29. Read Iris and Walter by Elissa Haden Guest, have some cookies, let’s talk about the book and see if Iris develops a different opinion of the country Prestino’s Magic Show Thursday, December 27 by the book’s end. Snacks will be served. Copies of the book can be picked A family program, 2:00 - 2:45 pm up at the Circulation desk beginning November 1. Limited registration begins Join Prestino the Magician and Beans the magical rabbit for a classic magic Thursday, November 1. show filled with exciting tricks, humor and lots of audience participation. Prestino performs with an enthusiasm and love for the art of magic that shows Graphic Chat Wednesday, November 28 through every minute of his performance. Tickets required! See top of page. For children in grades 4 - 6 with parent/caregiver, 5:30 - 6:00 pm Squish, a shy amoeba who loves the comic book of his favorite hero, “Super Amoeba,” tries to emulate him when his best friend is threatened by a bully. Join a librarian for a fun filled book chat about Squish: Super Amoeba by STATION BRANCH Jennifer Holm. Snacks will be served. Copies of the book can be picked up at the Circulation desk beginning November 1. Limited registration begins Thursday, Halloween Preschool Craft Thursday, October 25 For children ages 2 – 5 with parent/caregiver, 4:00 - 4:30 pm November 1. Gather around our craft tables and make some Halloween preschool craft memories with pumpkins and fall bear magnets to add some Halloween spirit Weather Wheel Craft Thursday, December 6 to your home. Limited registration begins Wednesday, October 17. For children ages 2 – 10 with parent/caregiver, 4:30 - 5:00 pm Kids will love to learn about weather with this fun wheel that they decorate. Loopy Leg Turkey Craft Thursday, November 8 Limited registration begins Thursday, November 29. For children ages 2 – 10 with parent/caregiver, 4:00 - 4:30 pm Little ones will be gobbling for joy when they make these turkeys that can be B’Twix & B’Tween Crochet Corner Wednesday, December 19 hung on walls or doors. Limited registration begins Thursday, November 1. For children in grades 3 - 4, 4:30 - 5:00 pm Learn the basic chain stitch, turning and continuing in our corner of the Weather Wheel Craft Thursday, December 6 Library with your friends. Yarn and hook are provided to encourage hours of For children ages 2 – 10 with parent/caregiver, 4:00 - 4:30 pm creative projects. Limited registration begins Wednesday, December 12. Kids will love to learn about weather with this fun wheel that they decorate. Page 10 Limited registration begins Thursday, November 29. Page 11 reat ec k ibr ary VGolume 30, Number 4 N Quarterly NLewsletter: October/November/December 2012 Great Neck Library Newsletter Update Beginning in January 2013, our newsletter will no longer be mailed but will be available on our website www.greatnecklibrary.org. A limited number of printed copies can be picked up at the Main Library and all three branches: Lakeville, Parkville and Station. Copies will also be available at the two Great Neck Atrias, the Senior Center, Great Neck House and the Village Halls.

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GREAT NECK LIBRARY ELECTION VOTING PROXY REQUEST FORM Use this form to request a Voting Proxy for the October 29, 2012 Library Election.

I, the undersigned member of the Great Neck Library Association, wish to vote by proxy ballot in the forthcoming Library election. After validating my Proxy Request Form, please send the actual Voting Proxy to me at the mailing address indicated below. I understand that no proxy ballot will be issued prior to September 10, 2012.

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_____Great Neck Library Card Holder (Library Card Number 2 1266 ______)

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Please mail my Voting Proxy to me at the address below:

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ONLY ONE PROXY REQUEST PER FORM. UNSIGNED PROXY REQUEST FORMS WILL NOT BE HONORED.

RETURN THIS FORM TO: Office of the Director, Great Neck Library, 159 Bayview Avenue, Great Neck, New York 11023